Nick Gillespie, Reason, 2/28/26 SOURCE: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/it-s-the-spending-stupid/ar-AA1XgddP?ocid=socialshare With a few days’ perspective on the State of the Union address, which grows ever closer in spirit and content to…
Story by Jason Ma, Fortune, 2/14/26 SOURCE: https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/a-us-debt-spiral-could-start-soon-as-the-interest-rate-on-government-borrowing-is-poised-to-exceed-economic-growth-budget-watchdog-says/ar-AA1WmthU?ocid=socialshare Total federal debt is nearing an ominous milestone in a few years, but a potentially more troubling tipping…
Story by Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 1/5/26 SOURCE: https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/janet-yellen-warns-the-38-trillion-national-debt-is-testing-a-red-line-economists-have-feared-for-decades/ar-AA1TD28p?ocid=socialshare Two thousand years before the U.S. federal government’s debt crossed the $38 trillion threshold, the Roman Empire faced…
Story by Liz Goodwin, Marianna Sotomayor, Riley Beggin, Washington Post, 10/13/25 SOURCE: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/congress-is-losing-its-grip-on-the-power-to-spend-americans-money/ar-AA1OmlLP?ocid=socialshare There are really three political parties in Washington, according to an old saying:…
Story by Mary Helen Gillespie, TheStreet, 7/23/25 SOURCE: https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/former-fed-chair-sends-stern-message-on-economy-fed/ar-AA1J94XN?ocid=socialshare For generations, the Federal Reserve Board has functioned pretty darn well as an independent central bank free…
Alan Judd, Straight Arrow News, 7/22/25 SOURCE: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/stop-violating-the-law-trump-admin-ordered-to-restore-spending-database/ar-AA1J1tSd?ocid=socialshare The Trump administration violated federal law by shutting down an online database that allowed the public to…
Jason Ma, Fortune, 7/13/25 SOURCE: https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/the-u-s-debt-outlook-is-so-dire-it-now-resembles-the-student-loan-crisis-former-white-house-economic-adviser-says/ar-AA1Iu8uP?ocid=socialshare The U.S. is inviting a debt shock if it continues on its current trajectory, which is starting to look…
Story by Greg McKenna, Fortune, 6/19/25 SOURCE: https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/goldman-sachs-says-trump-s-spending-plan-won-t-stop-the-national-debt-from-hitting-unsustainable-highs-not-seen-since-world-war-ii/ar-AA1H1snY?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=bf7b5d9761124807840e662e258c071b&ei=41 President Donald Trump has claimed the GOP’s “Big, Beautiful” bill will put the U.S. on a sustainable fiscal…
Opinion by Sam Ashworth-Hayes, The Telegraph, 5/29/25 SOURCE: https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/elon-musk-is-right-the-west-is-spiralling-towards-bankruptcy/ar-AA1FGjJu?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=37f9191919224759b12e144b79e08756&ei=83 If you wanted a reason to be pessimistic about the future of Western democracies – besides the…
Story by Veronique de Rugy, Reason, 5/22/25 SOURCE: https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/america-s-credit-is-falling-and-the-government-is-still-digging-deeper-into-debt/ar-AA1Ffr5n?cvid=d480ba81d18742189d64fe05758e8de9&ei=213 America’s debt-addicted government just lost its triple-A credit rating from Moody’s, as it previously had from fellow rating agencies…
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